Department of Pharmacy Policies & Procedures

Number:   4:03    

Effective Date: Sept. 1984

Revisions:   1/93; 8/02; 6/09

Approval:   8/02

Subject:    PRODUCTIVITY REPORTING

POLICY

The hospital pharmacy collects workload data for the dispensing, clinical, and teaching functions of the department. Work load data is obtained from the computer and by mutual data collection, weighted by a time factor and reported monthly. The monthly and annual comparisons of the data is used to justify personnel and monitor workload.

B. PROCEDURE

1. Raw work load data is obtained from the monthly workload results generated by the pharmacy computer. Clinical data is based from hours worked times a factor.

2. The raw work load data is transferred to a worksheet.

3. The raw work load data is then multiplied by a time factor.

4. The weighted workload data is then tabulated and entered into a graphics program.

5. The data is submitted to the Director of Pharmacy.